Feather corticosterone levels on wintering grounds have no carry-over effects on breeding among three populations of great skuas (Stercorarius skua)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a,b   Leat, Eliza H K ^c   Magnusdóttir, Ellen ^d   Furness, Robert W ^c   Strøm, Hallvard ^b   Petersen, Aevar ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^b   Hanssen, Sveinn Are ^a   Bustnes, Jan Ove ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Icelandic Institute and Museum of Natural History   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEATHER; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; STERCORARIUS SKUA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WINTER; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGG LAYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS;

EID: 84903516875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100439     Document Type: Article

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